Point Pleasant Council backs centennial funds and alley upgrade
The Point Pleasant City Council voted to set aside funds for the 1974 1976 centennial celebration. They denied closing an alley on Jericho Road but approved upgrading it. A mobile home park was tentatively allowed between Lewis and North Main Streets pending Planning Commission. Trucks over 25 feet long will face a four hour city street limit. A committee was named to discuss partial relocation of an alley behind Citizens National Bank.
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Point Pleasant
Jericho Road
New Peoples Bank
Lewis
North Main Streets
City Planning Commission
John Musgrave
Citizens National Bank
Brush and Forest Fires Rage Across Mason County
Four fires burned in Mason County as crews from Point Pleasant Mason and Civil Defense battled 15 to 30 acre blazes. A 7 p.m. Sand Hill Road fire jumped the highway threatening about five homes. nearby grass fires were fought near Hannan High School and Valley View Tavern. Damages and prosecutions are being investigated as Elliott Street closes for sewer work.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Sand Hill Road
Mason
Mason County Civil Defense
Hannan High School
Future Farmers of America
James Wilson
Miles Darst
Darst
Arvel M. Johnson
Milton
Point Pleasant Junior High
Valley View Tavern
Route 2
Hogsett
Durst
West Virginia
Joseph Pritchard 55 Columbus Area Death Notice
Joseph Pritchard 55 of 1922 Republic Avenue Columbus died Monday in Washington Pennsylvania. Born in Nelsonville he was son of the late Erving and Mary Morgan Pritchard. He managed a motel in Washington. Surviving: wife Carlie two sons Theron and Benjamin daughter Charmaine Garey all of Columbus seven grandchildren brother James of Columbus sister Mrs Mary Louise Hoce of Nelsonville. Service Thursday 11:30 a.m. Schoedinger Linden Chapel Rev Richard Campbell burial Greenlawn Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday 7–9 p.m. and Wednesday 2–4 and 7–9 p.m.
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Columbus
Joseph Pritchard
Republic Avenue
Washington
Nelsonville
Erving
Mary Morgan Pritchard
Carlie
Theron
Benjamin
Charmaine Garey
James
Mary Louise Hoce
Raymond R. Hoy
New Straitsville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Coal
Perry County
Jacob and
Alvina Sherron Hoy
Crisp Announces Campaign Kickoff in Middleport
Democratic candidate Jack W. Crisp will host a kickoff dinner at the Middleport Masonic Lodge Building on Saturday March 25 at 7 p.m. The main speaker will be Rep Wayne L Hays with John Burnworth as master of ceremonies. About 200 tickets sold.
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Middleport
Jack W. Crisp
Middleport Masonic Lodge
Wayne L. Hays
John Burnworth
Marietta
Crisp
Jail Term Given in DUI Case in Athens County
Ray E. Hart 32 of Athens Route 2 was ordered jailed seven days by Athens County Municipal Judge Franklin Sheeter after pleading guilty to driving under the influence on Route 682 early Tuesday. Hart was fined 200 and his license suspended 60 days. Tim P. Triplett 20 of Wellston was fined 25 and costs after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct for allegedly throwing and breaking a beer bottle on an Athens street March 11.
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Ray E. Hart
Athens
Athens County
Franklin Sheeter
Hart
State
Sheeter
Tim P. Triplett
Wellston
Ptl
Michael Frye
Triplett
Auxiliary Election Planned by Athens-Hocking Patrol Unit
The Athens Hocking Counties unit of the State Highway Patrol Auxiliary will elect officers at its Thursday meeting. The session starts at 7 30 p.m. at the Nelsonville American Legion post home with Sgt. Ralph Knight serving as instructor.
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Nelsonville
Athens-Hocking Counties
State Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Wellston School Board approves adult education program
The Wellston Board of Education dismissed Fremont Wilson v. Schools Supt Ralph McCormick in Jackson County court. They approved an adult basic education program free to the district with state-paid teachers, applied for two new school buses, and discussed a Title III literacy update with a local cost share.
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Joanne Hunter
Wellston
Wellston Board of Education
Fremont Wilson
Ralph McCormick
Jackson County
Wilson
McCormick
Supt. McCormick
State Board of Education
John Wolfe
Wellston High School
Allen Griffith
Theodore Michael
Sylvester Memorial Library
James Green Trial Opens in Athens County Manslaughter Case
James Green 24 of Nelsonville faces a manslaughter charge in the fatal shooting of Tommy Lee Smith 32 of Logan Route 3. A 12-member jury is being selected in Athens County Common Pleas Court after a Jan. 31 indictment.
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James Green
Nelsonville
Athens County Common Pleas Court
Green
Tommy Lee Smith
Logan
Smith
Marlene Dickens Smith
Mound St
John P. Summel
Athens
Claire Ball Jr
Ball
Smith’s. Athens
Charles Cochran
Stimmel
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Messenger
George Lovell
Silver Bridge
Appalachian Power Co
Ohio
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
Vaughan Vandegrift
Michael L'Heureux
Victor Hudwell
Millfield
Willard Cumbo
Albany
Raymond A. Nelson
Jerry Dickerson
Carbondale
Glenn Brooks
Nora McKinney
George Burson
Shade
Isaac Jackson
Tuppers Plains
Genevieve Gee
the Plains
Robert Secoy
Sylvia Groce
Cecil Butts
Barry Arbaugh
Mary Reynolds
Elza McAfee
Grace Carpenter
Albert Watkins
Charles Cone
Kelly Robinson
Luther Uldrich
Randy Chapman
Max Drake
Elliott Street
Ron Bretz
Athens City Service Director
Palmer Street
Joseph Prichard
Rep. Hays
Glouster
Glouster High School
Trimble
Chauncey Christian Church
Chauncey
Chauncey Cub Scouts
Chauncey Boy Scouts
Chauncey Girl Scouts
Chauncey Girl Scout Cadettes
Millfield Christian Church
Millfield Cyf
Chauncey Cwf
Chauncey Brownie Troop
Chauncey Junior Fellowship
Cha
Raymond Hoy
Lodge
Albany Lodge
F&am
Ethel Betzing
Syracuse
Ethel L. Betzing
Adeline
Eldeth Brown
George
John
Akron
Chester
Chesapeake
Peter Jr
Taylor, Mich
Ernest Betzing
River Rouge
Mich
Anna Mae Conkle
East Bank
W. Va
Myrtle Baumin
Trenton
Wellston School Board
Sylvia Evans
Ray Baker
Glenroy
Anna Black
Coalton
Ralph Crabtree
Ohio Association of Public School
Billie Lou Henneman
Donna Kisor
Crabtree
Coalton Elementary
Humble Oil & Refining Company
Harold Wonnell
Columbus, Green
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